THE MICHIGAN DAILY v. THE ICHIGAN DAILY Af .-r - . A sua---- 1936 Member 1937 ssociated Coeiale Press Distributors of Cc4e6iate Diest Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. - Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matter herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan as second class mail matter. Subscriptions during regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service,Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N.Y. CICAGO - BOSTON - SAN FRANCISCO LOS*ANGELES PORTLAND - SEATS Board of Editors MANAGIN , EDITOR...............ELSIE A. PIERCE ASSOCIATE EDITOR ............FRED WARNER NEAL ASSOCIATE EDITOR ........MARSHALL D. SHULMAN George Andros Jewel Wuerfel Richard Hershey Ralph W. Hurd Robert Cummins Departmental Boards Publication Department: Elsie A. Pierce, Chairman; James Boozer. Arnold S. Daniels, Joseph Mattes, Tuure Tenander, Robert Weeks. Reportorial Department: Fred Warner Neal, Chairman; Ralph Hurd, William E. Shackleton, Irving S. Silver- man, William Spaller, Richard G. Hershey. Editorial Department: Marshall D. Shulman, Chairman; Robert Cummins, Mary Sage Montague. Sports Department: George J. Andros, Chairman; Fred DeLano and Fred Buesser, associates, Raymond Good- man, Carl Gerstacker, Clayton Hepler, Richard La- Marca.. Women's Department: Jewel Wuerfel, Chairman: Eliza- beth M. Anderson, Elizabeth Bingham, Helen Douglas, Margaret Hamilton, Barbara J. Lovell, Katherine Moore, Betty Strickroot, Theresa Swab. Business Department BUSINESS MANAGER .............JOHN R. PARK ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGER . WILLIAM BARNDT WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER .......JEAN KEINATH Departmental Managers Jack Staple, Accounts Manager; Richard Croushore. Na- tional Advertising and Circulation Manager; Don J. Wilsher, Contracts Manager; Ernest A. Jones, Local Advertising Manager; Norman Steinberg, Service Manager; Herbert Falender, Publications and Class- ified Advertising Manager. NIGHT EDITOR: JOSEPH S. MATTES we eA Go To The Dorm Dance... DANCE is to be held tonight in the Intramural Building to raise funds for the construction of men's dormitories in Ann Arbor. The need for such dormitories is unchallenged. Their importance to every group of students has been thoroughly explained. No social event of the season will possess greater merit, and few promise more enjoyment. If you haven't made up your mind yet, we urge you to attend. Welcome, Editors . . T HE DAILY EXTENDS, for the University of Michigan as a whole, a cordial welcome to the editors of the state, whom we have come to know during 18 years they have been attending meetings of the Uni- versity Press Club. It was the hope of Professor Brumm, in start- ing the club, that both University and news- papermen would profit from their yearly get- together here. It has, we are glad to say, worked out that way. The faculty me and students who attend the sessions are able to see better the views of the practical small town newspaper- man. And the newspaperman is able to go away with some idea of the workings of the profes- sorial mind, and, probably, a better understand- ing of some of the complex problems that con, front him daily. Proportional Representation.. . . TO ORGANIZATION has been Ij,identified much more closely with any institution over a period of decades than Tammany with New York City's government. A beginning step in the dissolution of this un- savory relationship has been taken with the adoption, November 3, of a new city charter and a new system of proportional representation for City Council elections. The system of pro- portional representation holds greater interest for other American cities than does the complex charter. Tammany, like political machines the country over, has flourished under the ward plan of coun- cil elections. In New York 64 aldermen have been elected from 64 wards in the past. Under this system, similar to that of the national elec- toral college, votes for candidates who fail of a plurality are not represented in the govern- ment, although the contests may have been very close. Minority, chiefly reform and left-wing, candidates have had to gain the support of the single non-partisan list, and the nine who re- ceive the greatest number of votes are the coun- cil members. But under this plan, too, it is difficult for minority groups to gain representa- tion. For example, 18 persons might be con- testing for office, nine of them opposed to city- owned transportation system and nine favoring such a system. Members of the latter group each could receive 49 per cent of the votes, and still not gain a single represerntative on the coun- cil. Under New York City's new plan, one council- man will be chosen for every 75,000 votes cast. The council, therefore, will consist of about 32 members. Councilmen will not be chosen by wards, as under the old plan, nor by the city at large, as in Detroit, but by boroughs, of which there are five. The voter will not indicate his preference for just one man, or for several men equally, but will name his first choice, second choice, third choice, and so on. A candidate receiving 75,000 first-choice votes will be de- clared elected and the remaining ballots for him counted for the second choice candidates indi- cated. If a second choice already has been elect- ed, the votes will be counted for a third choice. Minority parties still face the considerable obstacle of mustering 75,000 votes in a single borough. With each borough having an average of six councilmen, it will take an average of 17 per cent of the voters to elect a minority party candidate. But these 17 per cent are certain mathematically of electing their representative, while in Detroit 49 per cent cannot be sure of one representative out of the nine. Ideal minority party representation, which would necessitate city-wide voting instead of voting by boroughs, would, with a 32-man coun- cil, give one seat to every party polling three per cent of the votes. THE FORUM Letters published in this column snouldnot be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous contributions will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editors reserving the right to condense all letters of more than 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. Thersites And Sociology To the Editor: In view cf the fact that many people have erroneously attributed to me the authorship of the article entitled "Sociology Department" and signed "Thersites," and that it is only just that all praise or blame the lengthy article entitles the author to should be given to the true author, I wish to disclaim any connection with or re- sponsibility for that letter. May I suggest to you, Thersites, that the rea son why you have to summarize certain assigned readings is because those assigned selections were written by someone who has studied and knows far more about the matter than either you, Thersites, or myself, and the summary enables the professor to learn whether you comprehend the author's position. After understanding the assigned reading there is no necessity for you to confine your "manual efforts to that of an assistant filing clerk and your intellectual ef- forts to that of a parrot." You might raise a point you consider debatable in class discussion or you might write a thesis presenting your point of view fully. Because you are satisfied to do uncomplainingly, as you admit, "a kind of sub- servient hack work" might indicate that the de- fect lies not in the sociology department but in you, dear Thersites. For me then, this matter is closed. If you have complaints to make, the proper and sensible thing tdr do is not to flaunt them extrovertedly in The Daily but to see your professor. If your complaint is reasonable I'm sure he'll do right by you, Thersites. -Harold Ross. LearningOrf'Health Which Sways The Supreme Court: (From the Minnesota Daily) THE SUPREME CORUT has been called many names in the last few years. The cynics and radicals have decried the fact that the "Nine Old Men" could decide the destinies of a nation, despite the sentiments of the population. They have pointed to 'the many accidental factors which may serve to swing the decision of the piv- otal justice, and therefore of the court. It re- mained, however, for Irving Dilliard in an article in the November Harpers to dispel the last re- maining clouds of sanctity surrounding the members of the highest court. Mr. Dilliard considers the minimum wage de- cisions. Three times a minimum wage law has been brought to the Supreme Court for a test of its constitutionality, in 1917, 1923 and more lately in 1936. In the first case, the Supreme Court split 4-4 on the constitutionality of an Oregon minimum wage law, with Justice Bran- deis not participating. In Adkins v. Children's Hospital the court was divided six to three against Washington, D. C. minimum wage regu- lation; again Justice Brandeis did not partici- pate because he had a particular interest in the case. In the New York case this year, the jus- tices voted the minimum wage unconstitutional * in a five to four decision with dissenting opinions from Justices Hughes and Stone. In the latter Brandeis and Cardozo concurred. However, in both the two latest decisiofis Justices Van De- vanter, Butler, McReynolds and Sutherland par- ticipated. In both cases all voted with the majority against the minimum wage. Two of these justices participated in the first case. Dur- BENEATH ****ITAL "r----By Bonth Williams . DEAR BONTH E Say, some of the fellows here in the shop sure got a great kick reading that column of yours about us a couple of weeks ago. Sure was glad to see you, when you came by that night. You know Eddie Ward's gettin' married in a couple of weeks and wants you to try and make it. All the gang will be there and I figure it will be about as good as the shop picnic out to Mt. Clemens last year when you and Jim Mason got so full. You remember Old Oscar on number two cat- erpillar, well he's quit. Too old for the job and the heat got him, and now they've taken Oldtimer off nights and put him back in the hole. Remember how he used to try to get off nights because his wife said she'd divorce him if he didn't, well now he wishes she had, I guess. Old Pete was through the shop the other day and said two days off for any guy smokin' even during relief. The big shots upstairs are gettin' pretty strict these days, what with a lot of talk about movin' the shop and all. SAY, Jim Ward and Norm, and Leo and Me are comin' out to the game Saturday and we was wonderin' if we couldn't get together like we did after the Indiana game. We sure like the place. Also we was wonderin' if we came out a little early if you could show us where some of these social workers live who are always comin' around and askin' us the craziest questions. They seem like awful peculiar fellows and I'd like to see where some of them live. We was over to Ray Morris' the other nite and Leo brought along his gal. I guess he told you he's givin' up South America and gettin' hitched. Boy, kid, there's gonna be a real Polish wedding and you gotta make that one. Remember when Teo tied the knott? Gus the Turk is workin' on number one where you used to be and Dooley and me are ridin' he out of him. He went out to the coffee house the other nite after work and passed out on the furnace the next day about 7. Good old Gus. Joe Probesfledt and Frank that works on days is runnin' a pool on football scores. Homer won it last week, and then his wife found out and took all the dough away from him. It looks a lot like they're gonna close the Big House. Sullivan is in a quite a jam I guess and the sheriff out there is on the spot plenty. Hank rolled the blackjack table for $30 last night and Mac has started to hit on the ponies again. REMEMBER that new line they put in just beforeyou left up by number four. That hot- . Well, Ross that was sprayin' there had to go to transferin'. Too damn much dust, lost about 20 pounds in a month. Slim that takes off number one dropped an- other grate in the cat yesterday and the Enemy got blue in the face. On top of that a coil blew out and he damn near burned his arm off tryin' to change it without the electricians. You know how he gets, so mad he can't talk, and just points with those two fingers of his. Maybe you never heard how he lost them. He was fidgitin' around speedin' up the furnace one night around at the back when Old Pete came through and thinkin' that the guys was loafin', he pulls the switch. The cogs take two of the Enemy's fingers off just like nothin'. He never makes a sound. He just comes round in front, holdin' his hand, and looks at Pete and walks into the first aid. You gotta take your hat off to Dick, he's tough. Well, Leo just came over to drink a bottle of beer before we go to work and it is near two- thirty so I will have to close. Hope we can get to see you Saturday. Your friend as ever, Kingfish. P.S.: Ed is off the nite beat now, and is over at the 15th precinct. He is gonna be married in his uniform, and he says if you don't come, he won't never speak to you again. THE SCREEN AT THE MICHIGAN "WEDDING PRESENT" Clanging fire engines, ambulances with screaming sirens, a hearse, and a troop of po- licemen is a new idea for a wedding present. All of these sundry items plus an archduke, New York's Number One racketeer, and two newspaper reporters are mixed into this picture. The total result is light spirited entertainment, if you are in the mood for it. Rusty, (Joan Bennett), and Charlie, (Cary Grant), are gold-medal Chicago newspaper re- porters. Their main delight is trying to outdo each other in being eccentric. But Charlie goes too far-Rusty has ideas that their marriage should be sane and sacred. The marriage is called off, and in the course of things, Charlie becomes city editor of the paper. Rusty be- lieves he has become too much the high-powered executive, lets him know about it, and is fired. She goes to New York and is about to marry a successful novelist, Conrad Nagel. But Charlie regains his perspective, flies to New York, and with the aid of his racketeering friend, gives Rusty the above described wedding present. Rusty appreciates the present, and rides off with Charlie on the roof of the ambulance for the psychopathic hospital. The picture does a great deal of talking which slows down its pace, but it has some hilarious moments. It would have been funnier if it had not tried so obviously to be funny. -C.M.T. THEATRE Iowa's Progress By IRVING S. SILVERMAN U NIQUE in its presentation of an almost revolutionary ideal and the theatre, the foundations for a.! practical development in relation to fine arts building, the ceremonies of which representatives from all parts of the country attended. Represent-f ing the University of Michigan weret Valentine B. Windt, director of Play Production, President Charles A.- Sink of the School of Music, Prof.x Bruce Donaldson of the fine arts de- partment and Prof. Avard Fairbanks of the Institute of Fine Arts.- In the establishment of a separate administrative and integrated unitt for the study and teaching of fine1 arts the University of Iowa has em- ployed the most modern technique and equipment especially in its1 theatre and thus will be able to offer the students the stimulation as well as the latest practical utilities nec-1 essary for a greater appreciation of1 art and the production of greater1 artists in all branches of aesthetics. This past week the University of' Iowa dedicated this new theatre and' fine arts building which representa- tives from all parts of the country attended. Representing the University of Michigan were Valentine B. Windt,1 director of Play Production, Presi- dent Charles A. Sink of thedSchool, of Music, Prof. Bruce Donaldson of the fine arts department and Prof. Avard Fairbanks of the Institute of Fine Arts. The proposed art colony, when the remainder of the buildings will be set up, is located on the banks of the Iowa River upon reclaimed ground, formerly marsh land. The state board of education of Iowa set aside 30 acres along the bank for the art colony which is connected with the remainder of the campus by a foot- bridge stretching across the river. The fine arts building costs ap- proximately $200,000 and contains studios principally for the study of - the plastic and graphic arts but 'has neither the accommodations nor the facilities for a study of the history of art such as at this University. The work done in this building approxi- mates that done in the College of Architecture and in the sculpturing courses. But the theatre, which is the only other building upon the fine arts campus, includes a center section composed of an auditorium and re- volving. stage with a wing to house studios for technical experimentation and work shops. The latest ideas in stagecraft are incorporated in the new theatre-a set of wagon stages, a noiseless re- lolving stage 36 feet in diameter which can change sets in less than 30 seconds, a special cyclorama and a conventional gridiron. The auditor- ium seats 500. The lighting and me- chancial equipment is believed to match that of any theatre in the world. To complete the fine arts unit, ad- ditional small studios are to be built about the fine arts building and will complete the first art colony on an American university campus. To the first unit of the theatre will be added two additional units to provide a small theatre, a Shakespearian theatre, work shops, a green room, rehearsal rooms, library, seminar rooms, playwrights' studios, broad- casting studio and a research labor- atory. In addition a music building will be constructed with an outdoor amphi- theatre beyond. Those who attended commented upon the proposed colony as follows: Mr. Windt: "The University of Iowa has the beginnings of what will be one of the best university theatre units in the country, It is both simple and useful with the latest modern devices to meet all the re- quirements of modern staging." Mrs. Fairbanks, who accompanied her husband : "The University of Iowa has given the students a great opportunity to develop in the crea- tive arts and is encouraging them in this development. When opportuni- ties such as these are offered, very likely something great will come of them. But in addition to furnishing the artist, the fine arts colony will develop a more appreciative audience in the creative arts." Professor Donaldson: "The Iowa arts department is remarkable in that it is a unified plant. There is a great encouragement for the study of fine arts and the University of Iowa regards this instruction as a very important function. But the in- struction in the plastic and graphic arts has been developed far beyond the instruction in the history of art. Symphony Concert To Be Given Sunday In its first appearance of the year the University Symphony Orchestra, directed by Prof. Earl V. Moore of the School of Music, will give a con- cert at 4:15 p.m. Sunday in Hill Auditorium. The program will be an all Tschai- kowsky presentation by a group of young musicians who since the be- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the Preside until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1936 1 VOL. XLVII No. 41 Notices College of Architecture, Midsemes- ter Reports: Instructors are request- ed to report any student whose work1 is unsatisfactory. Cards for this pur- pose have been distributed; these should be filled out and returned to the office of the College of Archi- tecture, 207 Arch., not later than Nov. 21. Additional cards may be secured from the office of the College of Architecture or from the Regis- trar's office, Room 4 U.H. School of Music, Midsemester Re- ports: Instructors are requested to report any student whose work is un- satisfactory. Cards for this purpose have been distributed, these should be filled out and returned to the of- fice of the School of Music, 108 SM, not later thas Nov. 21. Additional cards may be secured from the office of the School of Music or from the Registrar's office, Room 4, U.H. School of Forestry and Conserva- tion, Midsemester Reports: Instruc- tors in divisions of the University other than the School of Forestry and Conservation are requested to report any Forestry student who is doing unsatisfactory work. Cards for this purpose have been mailed out; these should be filled in and returned to the office of the School of For- estry and Conservation, 2048 N.S., not later than Nov. 21. Additional cards may be secured from the office of the School of Forestry and Conser- vation or from the Registrar's Of- fice, Room 4, U.H. Freshmen in the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts who have not received their five-week progress reports may obtain them in Room 102, Mason Hall, from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4 p.m. according to the following schedule: Surnames beginning A through B, Saturday morning, Nov. 14. Surnames beginning C through J, Monday, Nov. 16. Surnames beginning K through R, Tuesday, Nov. 17. Surnames beginning S through Z, Wednesday, Nov. 18. Teacher's Certificate Candidates: All students in the School of Educa- tion, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, and Graduate School who expect to receive a teacher's cer- tificate in February or June, 1937, and who have not filled out an ap- plication blank for this purpose must do so immediately. The application blanks are available in the office of the Recorder of the School of Edu- cation, 1437 University Elementary School. The attention of students in the Literary College is called to the fact that this application is in ad- dition to the application made to the Committee on the teacher's certifi- cate of that college. Presidents of Fraternities and So- rorities are reminded that member- ship lists for the month of October will be due Nov. 16. Health Service: Saturday morning, between 8 and 10 a.m., will be the last opportunity at Health Service, for students to start taking the cold vaccine for prevention of colds. Bowling, Graduate Women Stu- dents: All students interested in the proposed bowling league are asked to hand in at the Women's Athletic Building at least two scores before Thanksgiving. Instruction will be given to those who wish it. A 1936-37 medical examination is necessary. A.S.M.E. Members: Mechanical En- gineering magazines for October and November are available in the Me- chanical Dept. office, Room 221, W. Eng. Bldg., to all fully paid members. Phi Beta Kappa: The local chap- ter is anxious to obtain the addresses of members of Phi Beta Kappa who have recently moved to Ann Arbor. Please give street address and the name of the chapter to which you were elected. Orma F. Butler, Secretary. 3233 Angell Hall., torium on Nov. 19. The public cordially invited. Dr. Andrew Keogh, Librarian of Yale University, will speak to the students of the Department of Li- brary Science and others interested at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14. These lectures will be in Room 110 of the General Library and are open to the public. The subject of his first lecture will be "The Yale University Li- brary." This lecture will be illus- trated with lantern slides. The sec- ond and third lectures will be on bibliography. Exhibitions Exhibit of Buddhist Art, with spe- cial emphasis on Japanese Wood Sculpture, under the auspices of the Institute of Fine Arts. South Gallery, Alumni Memorial Hall, Nov. 2-14, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibit of Color Reproductions of American Paintings comprising the First Series of the American Art Portfolios, recently acquired for the Institute of Fine Arts Study Room, On view daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Alumni Memorial Hall, North Gal- lery. Exhibition of Oil and Water Color Paintings Made in Spain During the Past 10 years by Wells M. Sawyer, shown under the auspices of the In- stitute of Fine Arts. Alumni Mem- orial Hall, West Gallery. Opens Sun- day, Nov. 1, 8 to 10 p.m.; thereafter daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays, Nov. 8 and 15 from 3 to 5 p.m. Exhibition, Architecture Building: An exhibition of the Ryerson Compe- tition drawings including those of teams working here under the direc- tion of Professors Hebrard and Bailey is being shown in the third floor exhibition room, Architecture Building, Nov. 11 through 14. Open from 9 to 5 p.m. The public is cor- dially invited. Events Of Today English Journal Club meets this afternoon in the League, with business preliminaries beginning at 4 p.m. The program, open 'to the public at 4:20, will be a colloquium on the subject, "Recent Mediaeval Scholarship.". Mr. Weimer will dis- cuss recent articles concerning biblio- graphy and method in mediaeval study. Mr. Houck, graduate student in the Greek Department, will pre- sent a short paper on "Byzantine Lit- erature in the Middle Ages." Mr. Giovannini will review Etienne Gil- son's "The Spirit of Mediaeval Phil- osophy." General discussion will follow. New members elected at the last meeting are John Zebrowski, Warren W. Wood, Frederic Weigle, Catherine Reigart, Max Brussel, J. D. O'Neill, Oscar Bouise, Milton Halli- day and Robert Campbell. School of Music Seniors: There will be a meeting of the members of the senior class of the School of Music in the School of Music auditorium, this afternoon at 4 p.m., for the pur- pose of electing class officers and the transaction of any other business which may be of interest to the class. Theatre and Arts Committee: Im- portant meeting today at 5 p.m. at the League. Room will be posted on the bulletin board. All members please be present. Esperanto: TherEsperanto class will meet today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Room,1035 Angell Hall. The first sheets may be gotten at any time today in Room 402 R.L. The Disciples' Guild will sponsor the usual weekly recreation program tay 8 to 1 ~.a h Recreaion Hall, Church of Christ, Hill and Tap- pan Sts. There will be a wide variety of games, including table tennis, shuffle board; darts, quiet games and a period of special music and group singing. Those interested in table tennis should be present for the be- ginning of a tournament. All stu- dents are invited. No charge. Hillel Foundation: A liberalized service will be used at the Friday evening services held at the Hillel Foundation tonight at 8 p.m. Follow- ing the service there will be a social hour. All students are cordially in- vited to attend. Coming Events Graduate Outing Club: Trip to Camp Newkirk at Dexter on Sunday afternoon. Party leaves Lane Hall at 2:30 p.m. and' will return early in the evening. At this meeting, elec- tion of officers will be held. Refresh- ments and transportation provided. All graduate students are cordially invited. Mimes: There will be an important meeting Monday afternoon, Nov. 16, is Academic Notices Economics 181: Examination be held in Room D, Haven Hall. Robert S. Ford. willi Sociology 141: Bus for the trip for Criminology students to the De- troit House of Correction will leave the Union at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Quiz sections as usual for students not going on this trip. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Salo Fink- elstein, of Cleveland, well-known cal- culating genius, will give a lecture- demonstration under the auspices of the Department of Psychology at